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Downtown Is Cool Because…

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] #CoolDowntown #CoolDowntown #CoolDowntown #CoolDowntown #CoolDowntown You do. We’ll be asking you to shout out about our #CoolDowntown through May via Facebook posts and other social media, videos, photos, songs, selfies…be creative! The ones we like the best will win #CoolDowntown stuff like coffee drinks at […]

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Alive After 5 Concert Series

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Join us on Thursday, April 7 from 5-7 pm for Alive After 5 in the Red River District. The Wall Chargers, a Folk Rock Art Collective once known as Engine, will take the stage from 5 until 7 pm. Bands for April 7 and May […]

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The Calanthean Temple in Shreveport Common.

The Calanthean Temple’s Rich, Melodic History

The now freestanding building in Shreveport Common looks like a typical abandoned structure, probably taken as an old financial institution or hardware store by passersby. Its deteriorating halls and gaping rectangles where the windows once warded off rain and wind call to the loneliness of vacancy.

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History on Tap Countdown

Press Release March 22, 2016 Contact: Liz Swaine, Executive Director Downtown Shreveport Development Corporation 318-222-7403 TWO DAYS AND COUNTING UNTIL OUR HISTORIC HISTORY ON TAP!  On March 24, we will once again welcome History on Tap, an event that is unique to downtown Shreveport.  History on Tap is the ONLY History-Beer Pairing event in the world […]

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black and white photo of Elvis Presley performing on the Louisiana Hayride stage

The Most Jive Place In All of Shreveport

One of Shreveport’s most treasured buildings, the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, has been home to a number of famous performances over the years. But none as notable as the “Louisiana Hayride.” It’s been nearly 70 years since the “Hayride” made its debut, bringing to life the sounds of the South on the radio and, years later, […]

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black and white photograph depicting and old skyscraper and several downtown buildings

The Ardis Johnson Building

  In the early 1900s, commerce in Shreveport was focused around downtown. The city center developed rapidly and the buildings that sprang up housed any number of important (and maybe not so) businesses. The Ardis Building—then Ardis-Johnson Building, and today the Johnson Building—was Shreveport’s third major office building and one of the largest skyscrapers dotting […]

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Downtown Flooding Preparations

CITY OF SHREVEPORT OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS OLLIE S. TYLER AFRICA PRICE MAYOR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 505 Travis Street, Suite 200 Shreveport, Louisiana 71101 Tel: 318.673.5008 FAX: 318.673.5055 Cell: 318.716.8794 africa.price@shreveportla.gov www.shreveportla.gov PRESS RELEASE ______________________________________________________________________________ March 9, 2016 City of Shreveport serves sandbags around the clock The City of Shreveport […]

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black and white photo of old brick building of Morris & Dickson drug store in Shreveport, Louisiana

Morris Dickson: The Little Apothecary That Could

From a small town apothecary to one of the most successful drug wholesalers, the Morris Dickson pharmaceutical building on Travis St. is one of the most iconic to grace the downtown cityscape. Founded in 1841, this historic building practically grew up with Shreveport and is one of the city’s first established businesses that is still […]

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famous singer, songwriter and guitarist Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

The Blues and Folk Legend of the South

The Blues and Folk Legend of the South Take a walk down Texas Street and you’ll come face to face with a bronze statue of Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter and his famous 12-string guitar Stella. No one is more emblematic of the early southern folk music movement than this singer, songwriter and prolific guitarist. Most […]

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